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Natalia Arce
Professor Schuck
WRT 111
February 28, 2018
Essays No More
Have you ever been filled with joy getting back a stack of carelessly written essays you,
as a professor, need to read and grade? I think not. As a student, I can tell you I have never felt
an ounce of enjoyment while writing an essay. Rebecca Shuman was a professor at the
University of Missouri-St. Louis and Ohio State. In 2013, she wrote the article, The End of the
College Essay, argues how college essays are no longer necessary, and how professors should
revert to oral exams. Consequently, this argument not only effects student’s Friday nights, but the
